Clark County, NV - Title 24 - WATER, SEWAGE AND OTHER UTILITIES

Clark County, Nevada - Code of Ordinances Title 24 - WATER, SEWAGE AND OTHER UTILITIES SHOW CHANGES MORE VERSION: FEB 6, 2026 (CURRENT) PRINT OR DOWNLOAD TABLE OF CONTENTS CLARK COUNTY CODE 1966 (This content was modified in this version of the code.) modified FOREWORD SUPPLEMENT HISTORY TABLE (This content was modified in this version of the code.) modified EXPAND TITLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS EXPAND TITLE 2 - ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL Title 2 - ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL EXPAND TITLE 3 - COMMISSIONS, BOARDS AND DISTRICTS Title 3 - COMMISSIONS, BOARDS AND DISTRICTS EXPAND TITLE 4 - REVENUE AND TAXATION Title 4 - REVENUE AND TAXATION EXPAND TITLE 5 - FRANCHISES Title 5 - FRANCHISES EXPAND TITLE 6 - BUSINESS LICENSES* Title 6 - BUSINESS LICENSES* EXPAND TITLE 7 - BUSINESS REGULATIONS* Title 7 - BUSINESS REGULATIONS* EXPAND TITLE 8 - LIQUOR AND GAMING LICENSES AND REGULATIONS* Title 8 - LIQUOR AND GAMING LICENSES AND REGULATIONS* EXPAND TITLE 9 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION* Title 9 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION* EXPAND TITLE 10 - ANIMALS Title 10 - ANIMALS EXPAND TITLE 11 - ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES Title 11 - ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES EXPAND TITLE 12 - PUBLIC PEACE, SAFETY AND MORALS Title 12 - PUBLIC PEACE, SAFETY AND MORALS EXPAND TITLE 13 - FIRE AND FIRE PREVENTION Title 13 - FIRE AND FIRE PREVENTION EXPAND TITLE 14 - TRAFFIC* Title 14 - TRAFFIC* EXPAND TITLE 15 - TRANSPORTATION Title 15 - TRANSPORTATION EXPAND TITLE 16 - ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Title 16 - ROADS AND HIGHWAYS EXPAND TITLE 18 - PUBLIC PROPERTY Title 18 - PUBLIC PROPERTY EXPAND TITLE 19 - PARKS AND RECREATION Title 19 - PARKS AND RECREATION EXPAND TITLE 20 - AIRPORTS* Title 20 - AIRPORTS* EXPAND TITLE 22 - BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION Title 22 - BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION COLLAPSE TITLE 24 - WATER, SEWAGE AND OTHER UTILITIES Title 24 - WATER, SEWAGE AND OTHER UTILITIES EXPAND CHAPTER 24.24 - SMALL WATER COMPANIES Chapter 24.24 - SMALL WATER COMPANIES EXPAND CHAPTER 24.28 - PACKAGE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT REGULATIONS Chapter 24.28 - PACKAGE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT REGULATIONS EXPAND CHAPTER 24.30 - WASTE OF WATER FROM PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM Chapter 24.30 - WASTE OF WATER FROM PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM EXPAND CHAPTER 24.34 - WATER USE RESTRICTIONS Chapter 24.34 - WATER USE RESTRICTIONS EXPAND CHAPTER 24.36 - WATER APPROVAL Chapter 24.36 - WATER APPROVAL EXPAND CHAPTER 24.40 - STORM SEWER SYSTEM DISCHARGE Chapter 24.40 - STORM SEWER SYSTEM DISCHARGE EXPAND TITLE 25 - PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL REGULATIONS* Title 25 - PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL REGULATIONS* Title 30 - UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE EXPAND APPENDICES APPENDICES ORDINANCE LIST (This content was modified in this version of the code.) modified BONDING ORDINANCES GAMING REGULATIONS LIQUOR LICENSING ORDINANCES 22.22.060 - Conflict with building code. Title 25 - PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL REGULATIONS* Title 24 - WATER, SEWAGE AND OTHER UTILITIES SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Chapters: Chapter 24.24 - SMALL WATER COMPANIES SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Sections: 24.24.010 - Definitions. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Applicant: The person, firm, association, corporation or agency applying for water service. Application: The utility may require written request for water service. Average Month: Thirty days. Billing Period: An average month except for special services. Customer: The person in whose name service is rendered as evidenced by the signature on the application. Date of Presentation: The date upon which a bill or notice is mailed or postmarked or personally delivered to the customer by the utility. Flat Rate Service: Charges for unmetered water service. Service Pipe: The connection between the utility's mains and the service connection including all of the pipe, fittings and valves necessary to make the connection. Tariff Schedules: The entire body of effective rates, charges and rules collectively of the utility, as set forth herein. Utility: A water company serving 25 persons or less or having gross sales of water amounting to $ 11,000.00 or less during the preceding 12 months of operation, excluding, however, water services furnished by a nonprofit association in which the rights and interest of all its members are equal. (Ord. 384 § 1 (part), 1972) 24.24.020 - Health regulations. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Every drinking, culinary, ablutionary water supply which is hereafter constructed, or extensively reconstructed, or every existing water supply which in the opinion of the state or county health department is unsafe or subject to the danger of contamination by reason of unsafe location, protection, construction, operation or maintenance, shall be made to comply with the requirements of state water supply regulations. No such water supply shall hereafter be constructed or reconstructed without the approval of plans and specifications by the state or district department of health and without a written permit from such department. (Ord. 384 § 1 (part), 1972) 24.24.030 - Quantities. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The utility shall supply water at customer's service connection line, dependably and safely in adequate quantities to meet the reasonable needs and requirement of customer. (Ord. 384 § 1 (part), 1972) 24.24.040 - Quality. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Whenever furnished for human consumption or for domestic uses, the utility shall provide water that at least meets the standards established for potable water as determined by the Nevada State Health Department or the Clark County health department. (Ord. 384 § 1 (part), 1972) 24.24.050 - Application. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Each applicant for service may be required to sign on a form provided by the utility, an application which sets forth the following: (1) Date of application; (2) Location of premises to be served; (3) Purposes for which service is to be used; (4) Address to which bills are to be mailed or delivered; (5) Whether or not applicant is owner or tenant of, or agent for the premises; (6) Such information as the utility may reasonably require. (Ord. 384 § 1 (part), 1972) 24.24.060 - Billing and deposit. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Customers may be required to make a deposit in not more than the amount of two months service. (A) Bills for service shall be rendered each customer on a monthly basis. Receipts shall be issued to each customer who pays for his service other than by check; (B) The opening bill for flat rate service shall be the established monthly charge for service, and in addition, a connection charge, reconnection charge, or reinstallation charge, whichever is applicable. (Ord. 384 § 1 (part), 1972) 24.24.070 - Discontinuance of service. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS (A) Bills for service are due and payable upon presentation and payment may be made at the address of the utility. (B) A customer may have service discontinued by giving not less than five days advance notice thereof to the utility. (C) When such notice is not given, the customer will be required to pay for service until five days after the utility has knowledge that the customer has vacated the premises or otherwise has discontinued water service. (D) A customer's service may be discontinued for nonpayment of a bill for service furnished if the bill is not paid within fifteen days after presentation, provided the utility has given the customer at least five days prior written notice of such intention. (E) Where negligent or wasteful use of water exists on or from a customer's premises, the utility may discontinue the service if such practices are not remedied within five days after it has given the customer written notice to such effect. (F) Where service has been discontinued for violation hereof or nonpayment of charges, the utility may charge five dollars for reconnection of service. (Ord. 384 § 1 (part), 1972) 24.24.080 - Interruption of service. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS (A) The utility shall make all reasonable efforts to prevent interruptions of service and when such interruptions of service occur will endeavor to re-establish service with the shortest possible delay consistent with the safety to its customers and the general public; (B) Whenever the utility finds it necessary to schedule an interruption to its service, it shall, where possible, notify all customers to be affected by the interruption, stating the approximate time and anticipated duration of the interruption. Scheduled interruptions shall be made at such hours as will provide least inconvenience to the customers consistent with reasonable utility operation. (Ord. 384 § 1 (part), 1972) 24.24.090 - Extensions. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Utility shall make extensions without cost to customers along streets, alleys, lanes and roads that are cut to established grades and/or make alterations in its existing facilities in accordance with these requirements, provided such extensions are located within the utility's service area. In the event grades are not established, utility shall have such extension depths and locations approved by the county engineer. (Ord. 384 § 1 (part), 1972) 24.24.100 - Service connection. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The utility shall, at its own expense, furnish and install a service connection of suitable capacity, from its water main to a point to be determined by the utility between the existing or proposed curb line and the property line of the premises abutting upon a street or other thoroughfare to serve a justified need of a permanent water customer. (Ord. 384 § 1 (part), 1972) 24.24.110 - Maintenance. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The utility will not be responsible for the installation and maintenance of the water pipe lines beyond the end of the utility's service connection or meter. It shall be the owner's and/or customer's responsibility to determine that fixtures and piping shall conform to the requirements of all state, county or municipal ordinances, laws and regulations and be properly maintained. (Ord. 384 § 1 (part), 1972) 24.24.120 - Dates and schedules. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS (A) Within thirty days after adoption of this ordinance each utility governed hereunder shall file with the board of county commissioners tariff schedules consisting of rates, general rules of the utility and service area maps of the territory to be served. Utility shall serve every customer within said area and shall not discontinue service to said area and, except as provided in subsections (D) and (E) of Section 24.24.070 of this code, to any customer therein unless an alternate suitable supply is available. (B) The board of county commissioners may hold a hearing upon said tariff schedules if it deems advisable. In the event of such a hearing, notice shall be given to all customers of the area served by the utility at least five days before said hearing. (C) The board of county commissioners shall approve the tariff schedules and shall have authority to fix rates in respect to a reasonable return and shall approve or adjust the rules of the utility. (Ord. 384 § 1 (part), 1972) Chapter 24.28 - PACKAGE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT REGULATIONS SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Sections: Article I - Definitions SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS 24.28.010 - Definitions. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms and words are defined as follows: (a) "Applicant" means the person in whose name the permit is to be issued and who will be responsible for proper design, construction, operation and/or maintenance of the package plant. (b) "Board" means the board of county commissioners of Clark County, Nevada. (c) "Certification" or "certify" means formal board assumption of responsibility for operation and maintenance of a package plant in accordance with the terms and conditions of the discharge permit in case of default by the applicant following conditional approval by the board and compliance approval by the general manager of the district. (d) "Conditional approval" means the preliminary certification by the board of a package plant or interim package plant subject to the general manager of the district verifying compliance with conditions set forth in this chapter including any special conditions required by the board. (e) "Default" means failure to operate and maintain a permitted package plant in accordance with all of the terms and conditions of the discharge permit. (f) "Discharge permit" means a written authorization issued pursuant to NRS Chapter 445A. (g) "District" means Clark County water reclamation district. (h) "Interim package plant" means a facility or structure for wastewater treatment, that: (1) Consists of units or modules designed for construction, assembly, connection and installation at the site for treatment of sewage; (2) Is privately constructed and then dedicated to the district prior to commencement of operation; (3) Will be operated to treat wastewater and sewage for a limited area where a public wastewater facility is planned to become operational on an undetermined date or within five years from the date the applicant submits an application for an interim package plant; and (4) Requires a discharge permit, obtained by the district pursuant to NRS Chapter 445A. (i) "Package plant" means a facility or structure for wastewater treatment as defined in NRS 445A.380 for which a discharge permit is required by NRS Chapter 445A. (j) "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, private corporation, utility, cooperative association or other legal entity. (Ord. 3494 § 3 (part), 2007) Article II - Package Plants SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS 24.28.020 - General conditions—Package plants. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS (a) The board will certify those package plants first [Text truncated for display. Full text available on Congress.gov.]